| The 750,000 photographs and 250,000 negatives in the Colorado Historical Society's
photograph collection reflect Colorado history from the earliest times
to the present. The photographs show the growth and development of
Colorado, its people, industries, agriculture and communities.
The collection includes photographic images in many formats:
| · ambrotypes, daguerreotypes & tintypes |
· motion picture film and video |
| · cabinet cards |
· panoramas |
| · cartes de visite |
· postcards |
| · chromolithographs |
· positive prints |
| · cyanotypes |
· 35 mm. slides |
| · lantern slides |
· scrapbooks and albums |
| · film & glass plate negatives |
· stereographs |
The best place to begin your search is the subject collection.
This large collection serves the needs of most researchers.
To view the Collections
 In
the Library
The library will be closed until it opens in our new building in 2012.
Once we reopen, the best way to view the photo collection is to visit the Stephen
H. Hart Library. The library staff will help you find images suited
to your needs, and our on-site imaging studio can provide you with
high quality prints and scanned images. Indexes to the Colorado
Historical Society's photo collections are available in the library.
Library visitors may use the photograph indexes to learn more about
the scope of the collections. The on-line library catalog (glas)
does not contain photograph records. Library staff is available
to assist library visitors with photo research. Once an area of
interest had been determined, library visitors fill out a request
form listing the subjects or collections they would like to see.
Library staff will bring envelopes or boxes of photographs out for
patron viewing.
On
the Web
A small portion of the Colorado Historical Society photograph collection
is available for on-line viewing at http://photoswest.org.
This site displays photographic images from the Denver Public Library
and the Denver Art Museum, as well as the Colorado Historical Society.
Research
Services
No services are available at this time. A photo research
service will be available after May 3, 2010. The Subject Collection is the only collection available until we reopen in our new building in 2012.
To
Purchase photographic reproductions
No photo duplication services or rights and permissions services are available at this time. Please contact us after May1, 2010 when limited services will again be available.
Photographic Reproductions
Library
Hours
The library will be closed until we reopen in our new building in 2012.
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